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RE: E-mail Address as Web Page URL
I think you are right but we used the same pattern you are for url re-direct
using cgi I can't remember the exact way we made it work without
authentication. We could do it in a servlet also today - something we
couldn't do several years ago.
I see what you are saying about javascript on the page itself though.
Interesting twist to the same idea.
-----Original Message-----
From: Darryl Rubarth [mailto:darryl@exyst.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 12:05 PM
To: Chris Tirpak
Subject: RE: E-mail Address as Web Page URL
Chris,
Thanks for the note. As I understand it, the only way to expose the
'Remote_User' variable is when access to the CGI program requires HTTP Basic
Authentication -- is this correct? What I'm trying to setup is something
that could be installed easily at any company. The method I'm using only
requires a little javascript snippet to be added to the company home page.
Is there any non-cgi method you are aware of that would be easy for other
companies to implement?
Darryl
[http://darryl.exyst.net]
[for contact info and more]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Tirpak [mailto:ctirpak@kineticsa.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 10:48 AM
> To: openldap-general@OpenLDAP.org
> Cc: Darryl Rubarth
> Subject: RE: E-mail Address as Web Page URL
>
>
> We did the same sort of thing a few years ago with a cgi/perl script on an
> intranet although LDAP was not the back end - but LDAP is just
> another DB in
> this example. There _should_ be nothing patentable about your
> method as it
> uses standard and _obvious_ methods to accomplish your goals.
> This is only
> one logical step beyond publishing a link to your personal site itself.
>
> It is a useful trick because as you have observed, LDAP is not something
> most people need or want to understand. It's by computer types
> for computer
> types.
>
> Do us all a favor and withdraw your patent application.
>
> Chris
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-openldap-general@OpenLDAP.org
> [mailto:owner-openldap-general@OpenLDAP.org]On Behalf Of Darryl Rubarth
> Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 11:24 AM
> To: openldap-general@OpenLDAP.org
> Cc: michael@stroeder.com; John Rudd
> Subject: RE: E-mail Address as Web Page URL
>
>
>
> Wow, that sure got a reaction. First off, I don't want to be a
> "polluter of
> the software patent pool". I want to encourage the use of ideas.
> I believe
> strongly in this.
>
> Something I've always appreciated about this mailing list is the
> willingness
> to help and the encouragement of sharing ideas. I must apologize for the
> tone of my initial message. After re-reading it, I see that it
> was counter
> to this aspect which I appreciate so much.
>
> Patents certainly do have a purpose in society, but whether or
> not this idea
> should be patented was not what I was trying to discuss. Frankly, I'm on
> the fence. This groups inputs are certainly valued and will affect which
> way to go, if it's patentable at all.
>
> I should have asked some questions, instead of making an announcement.
> Okay, so my questions are, (1) has anyone ever considered the
> value of using
> an e-mail address to redirect users to web pages or LDAP URLs? This seems
> valuable since LDAP URLs are especially difficult for users to deal with.
> (2) Do people see any value in doing this? Advantages?
> Disadvantages? (3)
> What methods (besides the javascript redirect) may be able to accomplish
> this. When I've tried to get the user name from the server side
> variables,
> either I don't know how, or it wasn't available. Is this possible?
>
> Again, I do apologize for my poor communication style. Thanks for the
> immediate and blunt feedback -- it was deserved!
>
>
> Darryl
>
> [http://darryl.exyst.net]
> [for contact info and more]
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-openldap-general@OpenLDAP.org
> > [mailto:owner-openldap-general@OpenLDAP.org]On Behalf Of Michael Ströder
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 9:17 AM
> > To: John Rudd
> > Cc: darryl@exyst.com; openldap-general@OpenLDAP.org
> > Subject: Re: E-mail Address as Web Page URL
> >
> >
> > John Rudd wrote:
> > >
> > > >The patent process is underway, so please no unauthorized
> > > >use of this technology method.
> > >
> > > Ugh. Please tell me there's actually some interesting and novel
> > > technology behind "web page lookup by email address", and that you're
> > > not just another polluter of the software patent pool. If your patent
> > > is just that cheesey (nothing more than what I quoted), then you're
> > > guarenteeing that I'll avoid anything by or about your company like
> > > the plague.
> >
> > That's exactly what I was thinking...
> >
> > Ciao, Michael.
> >
>